I am a long time supporter of the Green and Sustainable lifestyle. After being caught in the Boscastle floods in 2004, our family begun a journey to respect and promote the importance of Earth's fragile ecosystem, that focussed on reducing waste. Inspired by the beauty and resourcefulness of this wonderful planet, I have published numerous magazine articles on green issues and the author of four books.

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Zero Waste is important but other situations can intervene. Finding a local Zero Waste alternative for the mirror tiles is a good result for Mr Green, since others can also benefit from the experience. LEDs are developing and there is value in testing their impact since their light distribution is different. I have seen garden night lights using solar.

@John Costigane: Hi John; LEDs certainly are very different from incandescents and CFLS; they are more for directional lighting, as you say, but Mr G is going great guns with his prototypes and I’m really pleased with the kitchen lighting at the moment 🙂

Can you provide more details as to how you are converting to solar powered LED lighting, as I have considered this too.

Also, I have yet to read all your site, but have you considered rain water collection for use in flushing the toilets? Maybe an insulated 1000 litre oil tank converted to collect rain water which is pumped to the loo when it’s flushed would be a possible solution? The pump could be solar powered too. (panel, battery, invertor)

@Pal: Hi Pal, welcome to the site and thanks for your queries. I’m going to write to your email address because the topic isn’t really within the remit of this site. We keep the focus solely on reducing landfill waste, but I’ll answer your questions off site 🙂